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Milwaukee’s Prince Fields The BIGS 2 Cover
The Milwaukee Brewer’s All-Star first baseman Prince Fielder has been tapped to represent the nation of baseball as the cover athlete for 2K Sports‘ The BIGS 2. Having broken Willie Mays’ record for the youngest player to hit 50 home runs in a single season, I can’t think of anyone more appropriate to represent 2K…
By Mike Fahey Published April 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
You Can’t Be A Good Bounty Hunter In The Old Republic
In the first Star Wars: The Old Republic developer blog concerning classes, principle lead writer Daniel Erickson explains why Bounty Hunters are born to be bad. The universe of Bioware’s Star Wars: The Old Republic is going to be one of clearly defined good and clearly defined evil. Erickson outlines the goals that the development…
By Mike Fahey Published April 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Flock Playsets Hits Capcom Store This Week
Remember that Flock playset I posted about last week? Well, Capcom is selling them now. Capcom will be selling the playset lands in their store this week in very limited quantities. The sets, which include a mothership, herding saucer and stand, and pairs of sheep, chicks, pigs and chickens, will go on sall at 3…
By Brian Crecente Published April 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Tap Tap Revenge Top Tops iPhone Charts
A list of the 25 most popular iPhone applications to date is nearly half-filled with games, with Tapulous’ Tap Tap Revenge coming out on top. Tap Tap Revenge is only 1 of 122 games to make internet information provider Comscore’s list of the 25 most popular iPhone applications, with a penetration of 32% among Apple…
By Mike Fahey Published April 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Handheld Game Parodies Heading For WiiWare
Alten8 turns popular current-generation hits into handheld LCD games in Squibs Arcade, coming soon to WiiWare. Sure, you can’t play Gears of War on your Wii, but you’ll soon be able to go a few rounds in Gun Cogs, one of the eleven handheld LCD tributes to today’s hottest titles coming to WiiWare as part…
By Mike Fahey Published April 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Three Companies Eye Midway For Buy Out
With Midway in the middle of troublesome bankruptcy proceedings and rumors of the Mortal Kombat dev team leaving, it’s a little surprising to learn that not one, but three companies are considering buying the company. According to our sources, Warner Brothers, Ubisoft and a private Chicago investor are all looking over the company for possible…
By Brian Crecente Published April 7, 2009 -
UncategorizedPETA Protests Baby Seal Clubbing In World Of Warcraft
PETA is taking the battle against Canadian baby seal slaughter to a whole new front – World of Warcraft. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals would really like it if Canada would stop killing adorable little baby seals, and this weekend they’re making Azeroth their battleground. This Saturday on the Whisperwind server, activists…
By Mike Fahey Published April 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Funcom’s The Secret World Is Not Safe For Frosty Treats
There is a world within our own, where an attractive CG Japanese girl can’t even drink a milkshake without having to take on a slobbering hellbeast. This is the debut trailer for Funcom’s latest massively multiplayer online game, The Secret World. Rather than sticking with the tried and true fantasy and science fiction genres, The…
By Mike Fahey Published April 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Pogo Gives Away Billions
Electronic Arts is giving away 200 billion tokens to their Pogo players this month. That works out to about 12,600 tokens to each player to use toward virtual clothes and goodies for their avatars. “We’ve received hundreds of stories from players that tell us Pogo.com has been a cost effective way for them to escape…
By Brian Crecente Published April 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Moving Is Hard
To: Crecente From: Bash RE: Denver Ho! Hope all went well with the flight and that Trish is feeling better! Geez, packing is a drag. It’s endless. Today, I packed up a small fraction of my office. I have no idea how some people move around a lot. I think to settle and stay. One…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
British Store Accused Of Buying Stolen Fallout 3 Games, Has To Pay Up
Last year, a British video game retailer by the name of Awesome Games was offered some copies of Fallout 3 to put on sale. Prior to the game’s official release. From an “unknown seller”. While for many this would have set alarm bells ringing, Awesome Games proprietor Ahnes Qureshi says he believed that, rather than…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
New Crytek Trademarks
German developer Crytek, the studio behind Far Cry and Crysis, has trademarked a couple new names: GFACE, CARVATAR and KINGDOMS. “KINGDOMS” is fairly pedestrian, but “GFACE” and “CARVATAR”? There’s speculation that “GFACE” is related to another recent patent for “WARFACE” — whatever that is. “CARVATAR” could be have something to do with Crysis’s partnership with…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
What’s New About PS3 Tales of Vesperia?
Yes, we know there’s a pirate girl named Patty Fruel. But there’s got to be more to separate the upcoming PS3 version with the Xbox 360 one released last year. Well, there is. • While the Xbox 360 version did not have full voice, the PS3 version will. • One voice actor even said the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
For Those With Too Much Money: The Elite Racer Pro
Custom racing rigs are nothing new. Heck, A few years back I played Race Driver inside a real V8 Supercar on a 30-foot screen. But we rarely see custom racing rigs this pretty. This is the Elite Racer Pro, and unlike many other racing setups, this one does not skimp on quality or looks. It…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
The UK Goes DSi Crazy
British people love the Nintendo DSi. When the handheld console, which is Nintendo’s third iteration of the DS platform, went on sale last Friday, the portable racked up big numbers. The DSi surpassed the opening weekend sales of the original DS as well as the Nintendo DS Lite. Regarding the opening weekend, The new portable…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Waggle-Powered Wii Lawnmower
If you’re sick of using your Wii to play Wii games/gather dust, why not try something new, like this Danish guy did. And use it to mow your lawn. The University of South Denmark’s Kjeld Jensen has come up with the Casmobot, a robotic lawnmower that you control using the motion-sensitive accelerometer found within the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Super Mario Bros. Strikes Back!
Super Mario Bros. plus Empire Strikes Back equals this, apparently! Los Angeles artist Misha painted this 18 x 24 inch work. So, we’ve got Mario as Luke, Luigi as Han, Peach as Leia, Yoshi was a Tan-Tan, Donkey Kong as Chewy, Wario as R2D2, Waluigi as C3P0 and Bowser as Vader. This is neat and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
MMO Donating Proceeds To Charity
You may never have heard of browser-based MMO Domain Heroes before, but that’s OK. There’s tons of browser-based games you’ve never heard of. But we mention it because this one’s doing good deeds. At the moment, 5% of the proceeds from in-game purchases are going to charity. Some of the money is going to Child’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
New PSP Due Before Christmas
According to Pocket Gamer, who cite a developer working on the hardware, an all-new PlayStation Portable will be out and on store shelves before Christmas. This source repeats earlier rumours surrounding the design of the system – such as the fact it features a sliding screen (which reveals game controls) and also boasts touchscreen capabilities…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 7, 2009 - Uncategorized
Room 4 Rent (No Zombies!)
Reader Adam needs a roommate “pretty badly”. To help him find one, though, he didn’t just post a regular old “roommate wanted” advertisement. Oh no. He put in some effort. Behold, then, the Room 4 Rent. Sounds cozy! Especially if you hunger for the flesh of the living! But as Adam explains: We’re a pretty…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 7, 2009